Hey!
I am currently in a bit of a struggle phase.
I finished my first (out of four) semester of my Masters in a well regarded European university, but I mainly started it to go for a semester abroad again and to obviously have a Masters degree, but also because a Masters abroad in London was not possible due to the high costs of tuition that I do not have to pay here in my home country.
Now they rejected me 2x for an exchange semester because of my GPA (even though my current GPA is 1,5 next to working parttime, which was not considered on purpose).
The thing is, my Masters is not making me happy, as well as the city I'm living in is not. I applied for consulting summer internships to smaller boutiques in Germany and also OW & got interviews so even without much prep or a CEMS/Strategy Msc. I'm not doing that bad on the job market.
So now I'm questioning if - from a consulting perspective - it is smarter to quit the masters, get an internship in another country, do a Gap Year & reapply for a different Msc. abroad or just push through, stay in my current job (project management/marketing working student) & be forced to stay in my city until June 2027.
(Sidenote: I am 23 & my parents always push the safe route so they are not very willing to let me quit.)
Thank you & I'm curious to hear your insights!
